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# uproot

«uproot» in Mova's school dictionary: **to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (uproot, uproots, uprooted, uprooting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To uproot is to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#m1)

2) To make people leave their home and move to a new place (The war uprooted many families). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#m2)

3) To get rid of something completely (to uproot a bad habit). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and gardening: storms uproot trees; uproot weeds. In history and geography lessons about refugees: people uprooted by war. Phrases: uprooted trees, uproot a family.

### examples

- The storm uprooted the old oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x1)
- Pull the weeds up — uproot them completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x2)
- The war uprooted thousands of families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x3)
- Moving to another country uprooted our lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x4)
- Pigs uproot plants with their snouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x5)
- The elephant uprooted a small tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x6)
- A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x7)

### note

Regular: uprooted. up + root.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uproot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.